Thursday, July 31, 2008

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

There is a little boy in a hospital in LA tonight who's just undergone a major transplant to save his life. His mom, who is a photographer friend, wrote this update tonight:

"They did their first surgery to close his abdomen over the new organs yesterday and Angel is in a lot of pain. They weren't able to close him all the way. He still has a large part of the lower abdomen that is not closed. He is in so much pain that we're just piling on the pain medication and he's sleeping on and off in between tears and staring at the TV. He didn't complain ONCE of pain on his abdomen after transplant, so the pain is probably more intense than one could fathom after they pulled the skin together and stapled it. Would appreciate your prayers."

Please pray for Angel and do what you can to help the family. I know that times are tough, but even a little bit can help.

From the archives: one of my favs of my two oldest kids. That was such a fun morning. We got soaking wet in all of that tall grass. I miss their cheeks, the park we went to almost every day, and the depth of my black and whites. I've gotten lazy in my editing.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

This boy is an avid collector of fuzz from his blankie, my hair, and various other natural fibers. He holds on tight to these treasures until I inevitably discover their existance and confiscate them. All four of my babies have pursued this hobby, but he is by far the best at it.

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Emmy started calling it her "bewee tuppins" when she was two and it's stuck.

A few quick things:

1. Mr. Man is in his fourth sets of casts. Dr. Cady says his feet are coming along very nicely now so Lord willing, little Walt will have his fifth set on Monday and then will undergo a small operation to lengthen his achilles tendons the following Monday. After that, he'll have his final set of casts on for three weeks to allow healing. You can pray that the Lord will guide the doctor's hands and help it not to be too bothersome for the baby. Thankfully, he won't have to be completely knocked out for the procedure since Dr. Cady uses local anesthetic.

2. Ed and Hannah came out last weekend. It was so good to see them and my, how their twins have grown! We're talking the chunky cherubs with big blue eyes kind of irresistable. Photos are in their family album. I'll be adding a few more over the course of the week as time permits. Hannah, you really have to bring them sometime during the week so we can do it up right. Too bad I had to ditch my pram when we moved. It would have been cute to get a shot of them peeking out of it.

3. Tam, we *might* be able to swing the trip to PA. Eeeee! I'm a little too excited.

4. Jerry, Josh does 'The Naked Warrior' workout - only clothed. :) You too could have a world class bod, power to the people, grunt grunt, and all of that.

I tried to get a few of his awake expressions today. He was only content when I was holding him, so I resorted to using the mirror. Of course, the little stinker fell right to sleep. Isn't that the way it goes?

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

This is the last one; technically a disaster, but his grin makes up for my incompetency.

I took a ridiculous number of shots. It was pretty difficult to narrow ithem down since he's my guy and I think every twitch of his eyebrow is the most adorable thing ever. You moms understand, I'm sure.